Grief, Death & HIV/AIDS: Viewpoints
 The Ultimate Unscheduled Event: A Blog Entry by Steven M. Natterstad, M.D. (October 19, 2011)
Bob was around for the introduction of HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy) in 1996. As a result, he LIVED for 15 more glorious years. He was not, tragically, around for the cure. He planned to be, as he often wrote in his posts and blog entries. But life happened; an unscheduled event occurred: Bob died.
From The Body
 HIV and Death ... In Memory of Dr. Bob: A Blog Entry by Ibrahim (October 14, 2011)
"Some even went too far to state: How could [Dr. Bob] die when he himself was an HIV specialist? Or did he miss the math when he said that an HIV-positive person can live as normal a life as any other HIV-negative person? Well Dr. Bob certainly did not live a life as normal as many other HIV-negative persons. He lived a better life, filled with giving away hope and love to those who needed it most."
From The Body
 On Russell Armstrong: We Never Know a Person's Head, Heart or Capacity -- A Blog Entry by Rae Lewis-Thornton (August 18, 2011)
"A couple of nights ago Russell Armstrong, the husband of Taylor, from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills committed suicide. That was incredibly sad. You never know what someone else is going through."
From The Body
- MSNBC Tackles Aging, AIDS and Loss (June 2, 2011)
In MSNBC.com
- In Remembrance of My Mother on World AIDS Day (December 1, 2010)
From The Body
 Examining Death, Including the One I Caused (November 8, 2010)
From MyFabulousDisease.com
- Beth: A Blog Entry by ScotCharles (September 8, 2010)
I shall never forget Beth. She taught me to forgive and find peace, to love and to live in the moment, and to live without fear or anger.
From The Body
- Living Memory: A Blog Entry by fogcityjohn (August 18, 2010)
R didn't die from HIV. ... Although R was HIV-negative, the virus shaped much of the last three decades of his life.
From The Body
- An AIDS Golden Oldie, Spinning Again (June 27, 2010)
Mark S. King writes about the recent death of a friend who had been hospitalized with PCP -- his friend had been to afraid to take an HIV test.
From MyFabulousDisease.com
- In My Own World AIDS (November/December 2007)
To read PDF, click here.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Bruce (December 2002)
Raymond Burroughs writes about losing his life partner Bruce.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
- Tears of Mel Becker (September/October 2002)
A reflection on the passing of many friends.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
- Jake's Story (Spring 2001)
Guns, hallucinations and the final days of a cancer patient's life.
In Compassion in Dying, from Compassion in Dying
- Putting Things in Order (February 2000)
Joe Greenwood finally understands the importance of a will when his grandmother dies without one.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Five Days in Steve's Life and Death (December 1998)
A mother remembers her son.
- Richard (October 1998)
The author's brother describes his lover's death by assisted suicide (Part 2 of 2).
From Mark S. King
- Emil (September 1998)
The author writes about the death of his brother's lover (Part 1 of 2.
From Mark S. King
- Losing Your Husband to AIDS (December 1997)
Elizabeth Avedon shares her experience.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- I'm Not Done Yet (1997)
An excerpt by Phill Wilson.
In Gay Widowers: Life After the Death of a Partner, from Haworth Press
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